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Comment by giingyui

2 days ago

>"If there's a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with eleven Nazis."

Change nazi for any other adjective and you will see how absurd it is.

Different words mean different things.

"Tall people can reach things on high shelves." Change "tall" for any other adjective and you will see how absurd it is.

  • If I'm at a bar and one man is a pedo, does that mean all people at the bar are pedos?

    If we're going by objectively terrible things to be, even though the definition of nazi is very loose to now mean anyone to the right of far left because of it's overuse.

    The Nazi bar argument does not do itself any favours and is in ways self-defeating. The majority do not care what someone else's political views are and arguments that shame people for doing so will just lead to increases in populism.

    • > If I'm at a bar and one man is a pedo, does that mean all people at the bar are pedos?

      If that guy is a regular known for being a vocal supporter and often engages in discussions in said bar with attendees over how right he is and how reasonable his opinions are, and you still decide to stay and engage in those discussions still without thinking there is anything wrong with that... yeah, you are.

Nazi is a noun.

Also try swapping in the word “criminal” and you’ll understand the argument being made.

  • Swap it for vegan. Or cricketer. Or beekeeper.

    • If anyone is in fact confused instead of being purposefully obtuse, the point being made that being a Nazi (like being a member of a criminal conspiracy) has the attribute of conveying responsibility to those who associate with the group.

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